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Tell HN: CodeSignal executes buggy, custom Python build
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2 points
by flerovium
1080 days ago
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TLDR: weird treatment of global/nonlocal in CodeSignal, probably because they're wrapping the function. I nearly lost a job offer today because CodeSignal does not execute 'real' Python. Minimal example: x = {}
def f():
global x
x['key'] = 'value'
f() This will succeed in real python, but fail in CodeSignal. To make it work in CodeSignal, you need to change "global" to "nonlocal": x = {}
def f():
nonlocal x
x['key'] = 'value'
f() This will fail in Python! This should definitely come with a disclaimer on their site. It's criminal that you can write correct python and they can incorrectly mark your code as nonfunctional. Perhaps I shouldn't give a minimal example, but only tell CodeSignal that their Python build was failing on my hidden test case... |
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